Porter County Courts, Indiana Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Except for motions to correct error and those listed in LR64-TR-3300.40, motions must be set for hearing when filed; the movant must obtain a date from the court calendar personnel and coordinate it with opposing counsel.

Except for motions to correct error or those described in LR64-TR-3300.40, all motions shall be set for hearing at the time of their filing. It shall be the responsibility of the movant or the movant's attorney to secure the date of such hearing from the Court personnel who maintain the calendar for each of the Judges or Magistrates. It shall also be the responsibility of the movant to coordinate the hearing date with all opposing counsel.

CRITICAL

When parties reach an agreement while a court date is pending, they must notify the Court timely; failure to do so may result in sanctions against either or both parties or their attorneys.

In all proceedings where a court date is pending and the parties reach an agreement between themselves, the parties shall notify the Court in a timely manner. Failure to do so may result in sanctions being imposed against either or both parties and/or their attorneys.

CRITICAL

All parties must notify the Court of any settlement.

All parties have the duty to notify the Court of any settlement of their cause.

CRITICAL

When filing any of the listed motions, the moving party must bring it to the assigned judge’s attention.

At the time of filing, a moving party shall bring the following motions to the attention of the Judge assigned: (1) Motion for Enlargement of Time; (2) Motion to Reconsider; (3) Motion for Change of Venue from County; (4) Motion for Change of Judge; (5) Motion to Dismiss Complaint by Plaintiff when no Answer has been filed; (6) Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim by Defendant when no reply has been filed; (7) Trial Rule 37 (A) Motions to Compel Responses to Interrogatories (pursuant to T.R. 33), or to Requests for Production (pursuant to T.R. 34).

CRITICAL

A settlement not reported to the Court within five calendar days of the trial date is treated as a failure to notify the Court.

(5) Failure to notify the Court of any settlement within five (5) calendar days of the date set for trial shall constitute failure to notify the Court of settlement.

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